The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, 8. köideJohn Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1899 |
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Page 11
... poor soul always murmured . And I used to say " Yes , " and mean it . But can a bird promise not to fly when it feels in its instincts the coming of spring ? Can a colt promise not to fling out his limbs when he feels the yielding turf ...
... poor soul always murmured . And I used to say " Yes , " and mean it . But can a bird promise not to fly when it feels in its instincts the coming of spring ? Can a colt promise not to fling out his limbs when he feels the yielding turf ...
Page 12
... poor toilers in cities , who pace the streets and watch the faces of the rich . And I , to whom this life of the upper air was joy , was ecstasy , I was doomed to be a notary's clerk ; I - called Pipistrello ( the bat ) , because I was ...
... poor toilers in cities , who pace the streets and watch the faces of the rich . And I , to whom this life of the upper air was joy , was ecstasy , I was doomed to be a notary's clerk ; I - called Pipistrello ( the bat ) , because I was ...
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... Poor mother ! One day in Orte chance gave me another fate than this of her desires . One fine sunrise on the morning of Palm Sunday I heard the sharp sound of a screeching fife , the metallic clash of cymbals , the shouts of boys , the ...
... Poor mother ! One day in Orte chance gave me another fate than this of her desires . One fine sunrise on the morning of Palm Sunday I heard the sharp sound of a screeching fife , the metallic clash of cymbals , the shouts of boys , the ...
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... poor . Near the close of that year , as we learn quite incidentally , he received a considerable remittance from his mother , so that he was able to return to his family at Grasmere . John Wilson , with whom De Quincey had formed a ...
... poor . Near the close of that year , as we learn quite incidentally , he received a considerable remittance from his mother , so that he was able to return to his family at Grasmere . John Wilson , with whom De Quincey had formed a ...
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... poor novel , published in 1832 , and never formally acknowledged by him ) as they were originally written . The Edinburgh edition not only omits many of the writings entirely , but also in many cases several papers are fused into one ...
... poor novel , published in 1832 , and never formally acknowledged by him ) as they were originally written . The Edinburgh edition not only omits many of the writings entirely , but also in many cases several papers are fused into one ...
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